IDENTITY
名míngname; famous
HSK 1Top 80
CORE MEANING
name; famous
- Part of speech
- noun
- Register
- neutral
Senses
- 1.nameHSK1
- 2.famousHSK3
FORM & BREAKDOWN
- Radical
- 口mouth radical (kǒu)
- strokes
- 6
- Structure
- top-bottom compound
- IDS sequence
- ⿱夕口
- evening; calling out a name in the dark
- mouth; the name you call out
USAGE
Common words
名字míngziname
有名yǒumíngfamous
报名bàomíngto sign up
Graded examples
我的名字叫李明。Wǒ de míngzi jiào Lǐ Míng.HSK1
My name is Li Ming.
RELATIONS
Lookalike — don’t mix up
- 明
- 各
POEM LINES WITH THIS CHARACTER
LEARNING
Memory aid
In the evening (夕) you call out (口) a name.
- HSK version
- 3.0
- Frequency rank
- #80
- Memory aid
- memory-aid
TRUST & SOURCES
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- AI-assisted editorial review
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-14
Sources
- CC-CEDICT 2026-01-01
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